Engine-starter.



E; V, PENNINGTON.

BNC-INE STARTER.

APPLIGATIOH FILED 13.23, 1913.

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peeeation of 'Lettere atent.

To 553 whom it may conoem:

Be it known that l, EMoR'y V. leiJ'N-No- TON, citizen of the United States, esiclig et Mohawk, in the county of Keene und @tate of Tennessee, have invented certa-ui newI sind tieeful Improvements in Enginetamei'e; and lolo declare the following tobe a. huil, clear, :mii exact lescii tion of the invention, such as will enable ot Aers skilled i1; the ari; to which it @peri-eins to make and use the same. 1 n

This invention relates to mtei'nei. combos tion engines, and more especially to" .me stelt-tin;d devices therefor; end the object of the sameis to produce improve-d means 'for primiBg-an engine cylinder oy supplying with e combustible mixture so that in the coldest Weetlner a few sevolutions of the creol; shaft will start the engine. 'This and other eiiects are accomplished by the oon: etuctioii hezeinftltei more fully fleseiioed sind eloimed, a1d as shown in the dcewmgs Whey-ein.

Figure l is e fliagemmatio View, showing oxeeylindei' engine in plan, a eebiu'etei gas tank in vertical section, with the puts all non ieote, Fig. 2 is en enlarged elevation t e earbureter end a sectioii through. its :air valve, and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the ee{mimi-ef.` Fig. el is e hoizontel section throusfli said eirvelve. Fig. e pel-repec aiieteil of the parteci the eil Valve.

:1 the ciiewixigs E fesiguetes a oneeylm- ,er engine of the intemel combustion. type, olthouli this enginemigii; lieve numoei' of oylindexs, anni it could be o stationery eiigine., or o the type emplojreal in automobiles oi boats. The lette? C designates the tefwhib ie sopplied with gasoleie o. pipo G enel takes in its air at la,

lette? cleeigoetes e. throttle valve to the controlling the tlow o eixggne, all es Well im able difficulty is )xpei i in start-ing engines of mis owing to the fact that gasoiene does not veporize Well when Cold, and the puypose of the pin'eeent ini'enioo. is povic'e oneens for p mttig 'the coillui'eter to take charge lelie fas mixe Witl stir, so liet when the is oifonkef the desoent of the piston ek in the charge which will E9e i'eci the ignition system et the proper momest, and oeiea'ftes the engine will mm of its own accord.

Coming new to ,the details of the' present invention, the numeral l designates en acetyiene generator mounted .on the rumiiig board of en automobile, or in convenierit proximity to tl engine, and herein illustrete eoetmiriizlg a, Water @bombeo 2. o eecon; chamber f3 for the cel'bicl crystals, and removable @over 4 so that e crystal may be roppefl into the Water in the chambei? 2 and gas generated et will. From the top of this cha-mbe? leeds o pipe 5 Whose other end is connected e coupling with one mm 7 of a, Y-shape valve-casing S vhose stem or shank 9 leads direct to the earlouetei, and the other arm l0 of this casing is open for the admission of ei es :shown at A. Vlfhen now a suite-ble valve or switch-platte is disposed Within this casing end properly set, it will be obvious that just the desired mixture of acetylene gas and oir een be fed through the shank 9 to the coroureter C? to start the engine in cold weotlier.

The fiction ol the mechanism time for described will be as follows: 'The opezator sets the veis-e referred to, drops a. crystal into the Water Compartment 2, opens the throttle T, and ges immediately generates. As soon es o little ges lies accumulated io. the top of the eoiifpel'tment 2 and flows along the pipe 5, he gives the eturtinff crank a, revolution,

C, although this is immateiol) :nifl the ehm-ge is exploded Within the engine so that the letter commences ruiming5 and continues until. the o nder.' is heated.

W particular form of Valve which I pie ell@ fer to employ at the junotuie of the two eme 7 @nfl 1G with the shank 9 of the Valve casing 8 is beet seen in' Figs. 2 sind 5. Tile mineral ll dosigimtes at curved Witch plete oerrieo oy o ixedly mounted on. av hub 153, and the latter is mounted on a. squaed shaft 13 which has a` nut. 14. at its lower enti and e crank erm 15 at its uppexend. Seid arm moves ove-i' :t dial 16 wlxioh may be suitably inseri'oel, but l ipx'efer to pzovifle it with a series of holes l?, and through the outer end of the crank erm is inserted o. spring-actuated pin 18 oeriecl by the crank handle 19, so that when the letter is mieed the pin is lifted out of the hole and the erm l5 may be turned to aflgust the plete 13. to ausl fro. Bg

i turning this plate to the left 'as seen in Fig.

'lane gas,

'1 less airy is admitted at A land more gas through the arm 7, and by turning it n the` other direction a reverse of these conditions prevails. It is obvious that by proper manipulation of the crank arm lthe gas can be shut oi entirely, after which the carbureter C will take its proportion of air and mix it with the asolene vapor as usual.`

The parts of t by one or at most two'revolutions of the starting crank, the acetylene gas is sucked in .by the descent of "ne piston and is exploded within the cylind- Y' rather than externallyof it, the device is Jheap, simple, and reliable and can be applied to any` internal combustion engine, it is definitely controlled by the peculiar form of valve described, produces no carbonization or clogging of the gas tube, and can be applied to any form of carbureter by simply attaching the Y-shaped valve case thereto.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a gasolene en.- gine, and its carbureter; of 'a Y-shaped coulin whose shank is connected with the air inta e of said carbureter and one armfof which is open to the air, a source of acetyconnections between it and the other arm of said coupling, and means for ,opening either arm to the shank and simultaneously closing the other arm.

2. The combination with agasolene en- V gine, and its carbureter; of a Y-shaped valve casing Whose shank is connected with said is device are of the desiredA proportions vand materials and detailed com.,

device of th1s character be-A casing .carbureter and one arm of which is open to arm of said casing, a valve at the'jnncture of `said armsand shank, the same consisting of a curved switch plate mounted on an upright hub, a shaft fixed through the hub and journaled through the casin and a crank arm on one outer end of sai shaft.

4. The combinationl with a asolene engine, and its carbureter;` of a Y-s aped valve whose shank is connected with said carbureter and one arm' `of which is open to the air, an acetylene gas generator, connections between its gas chamber and the other arm of said casin a-valve at the juncture of said arms and s ank, the same consisting of a curved switch plate mounted on an up right hub, a shaftxed through the hub and journaled throu h the cas-ing, acrank arm on the upper en of said shaft, a dial mounted on the casing and havinga segun. of holes, and a spring-actuated pia' carried by the outer end of said arm anu apted to engarzc any of said holes, for the urpose' set fort ln ltestimony whereof I iave hereunto setv my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 

